Click on the correct verb in the parentheses.
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Example
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From one of Aesop’s lesser-known fables (comes /
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The fable “Belling the Cat” (describes /
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In the story, a committee of mice (is /
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Everyone on the committee (tries /
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There (is /
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In the end, neither the committee nor its chairperson (is /
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At first, there is only silence; no one wants to accept the committee’s report as the final word on the problem. Then a little pipsqueak among the mice (suggests /
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The young mouse makes quite a speech in favor of his idea. According to that mouse, statistics (shows /
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The mouse points out that his solution would not cost much; a bell and a string (is /
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The mouse who makes the suggestion gets a round of applause. The committee members, who (wishes /
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